Ascaris - Antigens, Allergens, Immunogenetics, Protein Structures

Ascaris: The Neglected Parasite

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 51-79

  Kennedy, Malcolm W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABA 1; Allergens; Antigen polymorphism; As p18; Ascaris lumbricoides; Ascaris suum; Immunogenetics; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882589097     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-396978-1.00003-3     Document Type: Chapter

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